In today's generation technology is a strongly used element. Sherry Turkle, cultural analyst, talks about how technology is shaping modern relationships. She believes that people yearn to be together, but also alone. In the beginning of the video, Turkle introduces her daughter Rebecca and talks about a text she got from her before the talk. However, when Turkle did her first talk, back in 1996, Rebecca was sitting right in the front row cheering her on, not texting. Turkle had just written a book that got her on a magazine cover. This book was a celebration for new technology. Now back to 2012, where the talk takes place, Turkle had written a new book. This book presents her claim that technology is so powerful that it shapes us into people that we really aren't.
Turkle then continues on by saying how today's new technology has changed the way we think about things. The things we would have found odd a couple of years ago, has now become a part of the way we live.
Many people send emails and use social media during classes, meetings and during dinner. Children have lost the attention they need from their parents, yet when adolescents are put together, all they do is use their phones too. She also explains how people often text and check social media during funerals. These people do this because they want to distract themselves from mourning or the grief they feel. All of this is important because she feels as if we are "setting ourselves up for trouble".
As the talk goes on, Turkle then talks about how over the generations, people want to have each other at a certain distance, a distance they can control. She calls this the "Goldilocks effect", where we want each other "not too close, not too far, just right." It may be fine for older people, but it does not seem right for younger adolescents who need face-to-face interaction. Turkle then talks about how we give up conversations for connections. Most people say that they give up having conversations because you can't necessarily control what you're going to say. Whereas in social media, you can edit or delete what you post.
I agree with everything Turkle says completely. Even though I wasn't born in the late 1900's when technology was first created, I find the stories people tell about the past very interesting. The fact that my school is going all technology next year kind of annoys me because we come to school to learn and interact with one another, but if we all have our own laptops, we won't even need to talk to each other. In Florida, it is very common for students to take virtual school. In the past, most people were home-schooled but not virtually. I feel as if we, as scholars and adolescents, NEED to have the face-to-face communications because when we grow up and get jobs we need to be able to communicate and cannot be antisocial.
Overall, technology has had a positive and negative influence on our society.
Bye!-Devyn
Turkle then continues on by saying how today's new technology has changed the way we think about things. The things we would have found odd a couple of years ago, has now become a part of the way we live.
Many people send emails and use social media during classes, meetings and during dinner. Children have lost the attention they need from their parents, yet when adolescents are put together, all they do is use their phones too. She also explains how people often text and check social media during funerals. These people do this because they want to distract themselves from mourning or the grief they feel. All of this is important because she feels as if we are "setting ourselves up for trouble".
As the talk goes on, Turkle then talks about how over the generations, people want to have each other at a certain distance, a distance they can control. She calls this the "Goldilocks effect", where we want each other "not too close, not too far, just right." It may be fine for older people, but it does not seem right for younger adolescents who need face-to-face interaction. Turkle then talks about how we give up conversations for connections. Most people say that they give up having conversations because you can't necessarily control what you're going to say. Whereas in social media, you can edit or delete what you post.
I agree with everything Turkle says completely. Even though I wasn't born in the late 1900's when technology was first created, I find the stories people tell about the past very interesting. The fact that my school is going all technology next year kind of annoys me because we come to school to learn and interact with one another, but if we all have our own laptops, we won't even need to talk to each other. In Florida, it is very common for students to take virtual school. In the past, most people were home-schooled but not virtually. I feel as if we, as scholars and adolescents, NEED to have the face-to-face communications because when we grow up and get jobs we need to be able to communicate and cannot be antisocial.
Overall, technology has had a positive and negative influence on our society.
Bye!-Devyn